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Saturday, November 1, 2014

October Side Hustles 2014

The great thing about
doing side hustles to generate extra income is that you can hustle on your own
terms.The more hard work, time, and
creative effort you put in, the more extra money you can make.You can hustle as little or as much as you
want, whenever you want.It’s your extra
money, and you can choose how you want to spend it.

Welcome to November, the
start of another brand new month!It’s
also time for another summary of our side hustles from the previous month!Did you have a good Halloween?Have you been meeting all of your financial
goals?

November is going to be a
very busy month for us.We will be
traveling to Tokyo, Taipei, and Okinawa over the next 2 weeks, with extended
layovers in Honolulu, Hong Kong, and San Francisco.We hope to have an eventful and safe trip!All of our flights have been paid for with
frequent flyer miles and credit card points!Our Tokyo stay will be paid for with Starpoints.We will be staying with family in
Taipei.And we have found a great airbnb
home to stay at in Okinawa.This still
leaves a lot of food and entertainment expenses for us to cover.Side hustles help to cover all of these
costs.

This past month I have
done a lot more teaching and consulting work on the side.It’s been the easiest way for me to bring in
extra income.I love to teach and find
that it is a lot of fun and very fulfilling.Do you have a particular set of skills?Are you knowledgeable in something that others are willing to pay
for?You can turn your expertise into an
extra source of income.

I’ve also decided to give
most online surveys a break, with the exception being PineCone Research
surveys.PineCone Research surveys are
very short, take so little time, and pay out quickly.Also, PineCone Research sends us great test
products from time to time.I won’t be
doing any more e-Rewards, Opinion Outpost, iSay, Survey Savvy and other surveys
for a while.Sometimes the surveys just
get too boring and time consuming.

Not all of the following
side hustles may be applicable to you.Instead of focusing on what ideas don’t apply to you, try focusing on
different side hustle ideas that you can implement to work for your
situation.Here’s our monthly summary of
side income that we’ve generated in the month of October:

We earned $35
worth of Amazon gift certificates from Search and Win sites

We earned $18 in
cash from paid surveys

I earned $1,550
from my side job teaching students

We earned $1,150
from rental income from our two housemates

All of this totals $3,018.37
from our side hustles for the month of October!Best of all, we are
both still receiving our regular paychecks.Most of this money is being saved or invested
towards our financial freedom.Here’s an
update on our investment progress:

Our investments include money in our Roth IRAs, 401Ks, and taxable accounts.This does not include money in our checking and savings accounts.This does not include the value of our home equity, as I don’t consider our home an investment.

We aren’t financially
free yet, but we are making progress.

We’re already looking forward to another month
of more side hustles!But first, it’s
time to board our flight to Tokyo with a stopover in Honolulu!